Brenden

[Brenden @ItsBoozie]

@smuglywinning @memeticsisyphus Wow! How many terrorist attacks have these beliefs lead them to commit?

[Krolm @Mr_Krolm]

I'm the Jordan of annual online workplace sexual harassment training. Nothing but net, 100% every time. Going down the line, "don't do that," "I wouldn't do that," etc.

[Brenden @ItsBoozie]

@Gwinstead9 @Chad_Hominem_ Hey. They have other things.

[Ethan Brooks @alt_w_v_g]

My wife mentioned a nice private school over dinner this week
She said the campus was beautiful
I asked what's the tuition
She said we should look at it as an investment in him not a cost
I made a note
She said don't make a note
I said I always make notes
She said this isn't a deal
I said everything is a deal
She closed her eyes

She said we'd discuss it Saturday
I agreed

Saturday 7:02am
She came downstairs in her Saturday robe
Coffee in hand
I had my cargo shorts on

The dining room had been cleared
The projector was on
The analyst was at the head of the table
Quarter zip on, three iced coffees, a legal pad, and two laptops
He had been there since 6:44am

I texted him at 11:14pm Friday
The text said dining room 6:45am bring the model
He sent a thumbs up

My wife stopped in the doorway
She said what is this
I said you said you wanted to discuss it
She said this is not a discussion
I did not respond
She sat down anyway

The analyst stood
He said good morning ma'am
She did not respond
He sat back down
A printed deck in front of each seat
A fourth copy in case

Slide 1 Tuition Schedule
$38,500 per year
Thirteen years
$500,500 nominal
Before escalators
The school has raised tuition 4.2% per year for a decade
With escalators $648,000
My wife said okay
I said I'm not done

Slide 2 Opportunity Cost
Even before escalators
$38,500 invested annually
10% nominal return
S&P long-run average since 1928
By his eighteenth birthday $944,000
My wife said we can afford it
I said I know that's not the slide

Slide 3 Terminal Value at Age 65
$83 million
She was quiet

The analyst slid the sensitivity tables across the table
8% return $31 million
10% return $83 million
12% return $222 million
She did not look

She said this isn't about money
I said it's always about money
She said no it isn't
I said then what is it about
She did not answer

She said you can't put a dollar value on his teachers his classmates his environment
I said I can the analyst already did slide 6
He flipped to slide 6
She did not look

She said the school is the best in the city
I said best is a feeling
She said it produces the best students
I said the students were already the best before they got there

She said our son deserves it
I said our son deserves $83 million

My son walked in
He is five
Dinosaur pajamas
He looked at the projector
He looked at the open deck on the table
He looked at slide 3
He said are we modeling pre-tax or after-tax
The analyst opened a new tab
My wife looked at the ceiling

He said what's the discount rate
The analyst set down his pen
She closed her eyes

He said is this the same return assumption from the 529 conversation
The analyst stopped typing
He looked at me
I did not say anything

She stood up
Sat back down

He said dad can I help
I said yes
He pulled up a chair
The analyst handed him a printout
He started reading

My wife watched him read
She watched him for a long time

She said his name
He looked up
She said do you like school
He said the work is too easy and the kids don't ask questions

She did not respond
She looked at the ceiling
She walked out of the room

The analyst started packing up
He said should I follow up Monday sir
I said no follow up needed

He'll be fine

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[Brenden @ItsBoozie]

@Alm7nk9982 @Devon_Eriksen_ Americans tend to have differing opinions on almost everything, but not about that topic. I think 90% of us would be shocked to hear that anyone would blame the Japanese for what happened. The overwhelming sentiment is admiration for the Japanese people and their response.

[Brenden @ItsBoozie]

@hotcake_kun_ Hell yeah, brother

[Brenden @ItsBoozie]

@Slee_ I carry a pen and notebook around the gym, but it’s so that I can write battle rap lyrics about the guys bigger than me

[Brenden @ItsBoozie]

@ColumbiaBDS If it makes you feel better, pieces of his heart are currently with the Iranian people

[Brenden @ItsBoozie]

Fuck. Just lost everything on Kalshi.

[kos_data @kos_data]

🇧🇬🇮🇷 Bulgaria was not involved in the strikes on Iran - confirmed Bulgarian defense minister.

[Magills @magills_]

The match is now going to sudden death, or as Canadians call it, “Free Health Care”.

[Brenden @ItsBoozie]

@mondoggg @PubWanghaf If

[Brenden @ItsBoozie]

Me: I just like ur focusing soo much on all the things u dont like about me, like ur so perfect :/

Judge: what

[Acyn @Acyn]

Bondi: Instead of Ghislaine Maxwell, you should be talking about Iryna Zarutska. You don’t talk about that.

Ross: I have been talking about it. We’re going to move back to you.

Bondi: I bet we are.

Ross: YES, OF COURSE. YOU’RE HERE TO TESTIFY. THAT’S THE WHOLE POINT.

[Brenden @ItsBoozie]

@IdrisBaz2 @CyberPunkCortes It was destroyed in March 2001. This is very easy to google.

[Brenden @ItsBoozie]

@mtm14 @AGLabBear @KeithNHumphreys @ScienceMagazine Trump was president during the uptick in 2020, and Biden was president during the decline in 2024.

[Alexander McCoy @AlexanderMcCoy4]

I’m a Marine Corp veteran, trained by LEOs when I served in US embassies on how to handle unruly individuals or protestors.

1) If you are the guys with guns, you are the ones responsible for the situation. Doubly so if you outnumber the person you’re engaging.

2) You do not need to use force except to control the situation in order to deescalate it. Minimal force required.

3) You are NOT here to look for excuses to use more force. Even if the person gives you an excuse which “justifies” using force, that doesn’t mean using force is de facto the right move.

4) “Let the other person retreat” often resolves the situation just fine! Don’t surround people, back them up against a wall, etc. Your job is to control the situation. “I put myself stupidly in danger” is not an excuse to escalate “because I’m in danger.”

5) People will feed off of your energy. If you come rolling up like a fascist thug ready to break skulls, people will meet you at that level. If you show up calm, professional, and having a friendly chat, often that brings the temperature down.

Everything I see from ICE agents is they are relishing violence and exercising power, needlessly escalating situations, looking for opportunities to shoot their weapons and beat the shit out of people.

[T_p_tio 🎈 @Txp_RBI_Xctuxl]

3rd world "Special Forces" will give themselves a badass name, release slick videos of them jumping through flaming hoops and doing handstands on motorcycles and then get wiped on first contact with the enemy.

[Brenden @ItsBoozie]

There are 40 lovingly handwritten letters to Trump like
“boy we sure do love ‘Enigmas’, don’t we? When they scream?

Yours molestingly,
Jeffery Epstein”

and the only response from Republicans so far has been “the liberals are seething that Clinton is in the files!”

[Brenden @ItsBoozie]

@louderthanme I watched the footage and I think his last thought was “gurgle”

[Brenden @ItsBoozie]

@Slee_ When people tell me they don’t understand